Your knowledge and experience can help our students - the providers of tomorrow - learn to deliver the compassionate and skillful care patients deserve.
Our dedicated staff members coordinate student paperwork, make advanced scheduling requests, and verify student immunizations to help make precepting a seamless experience. The most common reason for choosing to precept is to give back to the medical profession, and it keeps providers current with resources and medical knowledge.
The University of Iowa PA Program acknowledges outstanding contribution made by preceptors each year by awarding the Preceptor of the Year Award. Senior students have the opportunity to nominate preceptors they have worked with during their clinical year. The following information recognizes the preceptors who were nominated and received the award.
Benefits of Working with Iowa
- High caliber of physician assistant students
- Discounted continuing medical education credits
- Annual certificate of recognition
- Invitation to our annual career fair
- Academic appointment as an adjunct faculty member with a continued commitment
- Access to UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences resources, medical library, and UpToDate software for preceptors with an adjunct faculty appointment
Personal Development
- Ability to develop teaching skills
- Opportunity to pay it forward
- Connect with the UI Carver College of Medicine community
- Receive assistance with specific teaching materials and concepts
Continuing Medical Education
- PAs are eligible for AAPA Category I CME credits
- MDs, DOs and NPs are eligible for Category II CME credits
Professional Development
- Include teaching experiences as part of annual review, CV, and teaching credits
- Increase awareness of current medical literature
- Increase time spent on patient education and review of clinical medicine
- Site recruitment tool for new employees
- CMS improvement activity credits for MIPS-eligible clinicians acting as a preceptor
- CMS allows students to assist with documentation, saving administrative clinic time
We rely on volunteer clinical preceptors to provide our students with the depth and breadth of clinical experiences they need to become competent providers. We are committed to recognizing our preceptors' valuable contribution in educating our students.
Preceptors interested in training our UI PA students may qualify for an adjunct clinical faculty appointment in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Services. This process includes submitting a CV and two letters of recommendation. Once received, the application's information will be reviewed for eligibility, and a clinical rank can be assigned.
When approved, clinical preceptors will receive an email account to the University of Iowa, giving access to Hardin Medical library, which houses medical journals, clinical databases, research guides, and applications. Adjunct clinical faculty are also eligible for discounted rates of CME offered by the University of Iowa and discounts to sporting events and other activities on campus.
interested in precepting?
Please contact our Coordinator of Clinical Outreach and Development